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. >>> president obama is scheduled to appear in boston. he'll be promoting the healthcare plan. he'll be speaking at the annual hall where mitt romney signed the massachusetts health reform law into law. romney backed the plan when he was governor but opposed it when he was running in his presidential campaign. 90% residents in massachusetts have health insurance. >>> the social security administration said the annual coscost of living adjustment or cola, is going to rise by 1.5%. some 58 million americans get their social security benefits, most of them seniors. >>> the national security agency is now denying allegations it is accessed the website and servers of yahoo and google. as keith alexander telling politico, tapping those links the agency could collect data from hundreds ever millions of user accounts. >>> u.s.-arab league peace envoy meet with syriamet with syrian r al-assad. trying to persuade the current regime and the increasingly divided opposition to come to the negotiating table. their meeting coming as a damascus suburb currently under siege by government forces
. >>> president obama is scheduled to appear in boston. he'll be promoting the healthcare plan. he'll be speaking at the annual hall where mitt romney signed the massachusetts health reform law into law. romney backed the plan when he was governor but opposed it when he was running in his presidential campaign. 90% residents in massachusetts have health insurance. >>> the social security administration said the annual coscost of living adjustment or cola, is going to rise by...
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practical and political headache for the white house. >> pam ae said that anybody that likes -- president obama said that anybody who likes their coverage can keep it. the reality is insurance companies have to make adjustments. hundreds of thousands of insurers are forced to cancel plans unless they had them prior to 2010. starting n year under the affordable care act, insurance companies must meet basic minimum standards called essential health standards. 10 must be covered - including doctors visits,: a plan that does not include all of these can't be offered. insurance companies are sepding cancellation messages. people affected are those that buy insurance themselves - freelancers and independent contractors. 14 million americans currently buy insurance this way. nearly everybody else who gets insurance through their employer or medicare has a plan that meets the standard. the irony is that according to the kaiser foundation, which studied this for years, half the people that get the cancellation notices will pay less than they are paying for their plans now, because of the tax benefits an
practical and political headache for the white house. >> pam ae said that anybody that likes -- president obama said that anybody who likes their coverage can keep it. the reality is insurance companies have to make adjustments. hundreds of thousands of insurers are forced to cancel plans unless they had them prior to 2010. starting n year under the affordable care act, insurance companies must meet basic minimum standards called essential health standards. 10 must be covered - including...
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if you like your health plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. no one will take it away, no matter what, end quote. today's "washington post" bestows upon this moment of rhetorical splendor and others like it four by folk owes for the -- four pi folk yows -- pinocchios. it turns out the affordable care act is cutting health insurance plans. apparently the president's promise came with a large caveat. if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan if we deem it to be adequate. for millions, washington has deemed their personal health care plans deficient and come january, they won't have access to the plans they had before. americans deserve better. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from arizona seek recognition? the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. october is domestic violence awareness month. my first real job back in 1993 was at a domestic violence shelter. i was in college, studying to become a social worker and during my time at the shelter i h
if you like your health plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. no one will take it away, no matter what, end quote. today's "washington post" bestows upon this moment of rhetorical splendor and others like it four by folk owes for the -- four pi folk yows -- pinocchios. it turns out the affordable care act is cutting health insurance plans. apparently the president's promise came with a large caveat. if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care...
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. >> president obama has said that americans with health insurance wouldn't have to change their plans, if they were satisfied with their coverage, but as the affordable care act rolls out, it is becoming apparent that for many americans, that is not the case. if you didn't have a plan, you could see a cancellation in your mailbox. in florida, blue cross and blue shield said 300,000 of their members of affected. in california, blue shield and kaiser will be withdrawing policies for a kind 280,000 customers. in pennsylvania, 40,000 residents in pittsburgh are going to have to get a new policy and 70,000 customers in maryland, washington, d.c. and virginia are now getting cancellation notices from care first blue cross blue shield. in michigan, 146,000 people have have received their cancellation notices because of the affordable care act. >> edward snowden could be getting a ticket out of russia if he's willing to testify about u.s. spying. german politicians want to question the former n.s.a. contractor. that they are looking into reports that the u.s. tapped the chancellors cell phone
. >> president obama has said that americans with health insurance wouldn't have to change their plans, if they were satisfied with their coverage, but as the affordable care act rolls out, it is becoming apparent that for many americans, that is not the case. if you didn't have a plan, you could see a cancellation in your mailbox. in florida, blue cross and blue shield said 300,000 of their members of affected. in california, blue shield and kaiser will be withdrawing policies for a kind...
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walmart. >>> despite the fact that president obama has been saying that no one would lose their health care plan, now the white house has admitted, in fact, many, many people will lose their plan. there is a way you can keep the great coverage you have. just become a member of congress. then the taxpayers pay for the whole thing. fantastic. >> it's when the set-up is the joke. >> the big hearings start on capitol hill about a half hour from now. you'll see it right here on the fox news channel. >> let me tell what you else is happening. do you remember this horrifying video of general petraeus walk to go his first day of class as they began to scream at him? yesterday ray kelly was asked to speak at brown university to a group of students who are supposed to be the best of the best. he wanted to talk about the antiterrorism tactics and fighting crime in new york city. not only was he not embraced, he had to leave. they boo'd him off the stage. he took himself away from work to go address these students for free and they boo'd him off the stage. listen. >> asking that you let him speak
walmart. >>> despite the fact that president obama has been saying that no one would lose their health care plan, now the white house has admitted, in fact, many, many people will lose their plan. there is a way you can keep the great coverage you have. just become a member of congress. then the taxpayers pay for the whole thing. fantastic. >> it's when the set-up is the joke. >> the big hearings start on capitol hill about a half hour from now. you'll see it right here on...
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the new plans that are offered must follow obama care requirements. they're usually a little more expensive or can be more expensive because they have to cover all of those things. they can't pick and choose. the data so far is mostly anecdotal, right? for example, our elizabeth cohen spoke to a 34-year-old man who buys his own coverage. he's now paying $173 a month, $5,000 deductible. his new plan would cost him more, $244 a month with a deductible of more than $6,000. remember, there are out-of-pocket maximums, about 6,350. his old plan did not cover everything that the law requires. maternity care, brand name drugs, mental health care and routine illnesses like hernias or ear infections. the administration says the expansion of coverage is necessary because you can face an ill necessary or accident at any time. some people feel they're too healthy to have to pay for coverage they don't use and some people feel they don't want to change. this is mostly for people who buy their own coverage right now. the coverage you used to have might, quite frankl
the new plans that are offered must follow obama care requirements. they're usually a little more expensive or can be more expensive because they have to cover all of those things. they can't pick and choose. the data so far is mostly anecdotal, right? for example, our elizabeth cohen spoke to a 34-year-old man who buys his own coverage. he's now paying $173 a month, $5,000 deductible. his new plan would cost him more, $244 a month with a deductible of more than $6,000. remember, there are...
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having their current insurance policies cancelled because they did not meet the minimum standard of obama care or upgrade it however you want to put i. white house secretary jay carney said americans should look to the insurers for an explanation. >> part two. >> basically, throw you off that plan telling you after a year or two that it was changing and said, here's your new option because your plan has changed, that that new plan is grandfathered in, how can that be? you can't grandfather a plan in 2010 na didn't come into existence in 2012 or 2011. it's not about fault t. insurers are in the leadup to these marketplaces are doing what they had always done. >> all right, the most heated exchange came when a democratic congressman took issue with republicans that suggesting they've offered an alternative to obama care. take a look. >> we lost the policy fight and what did we do? we went back to our districts and we told our seniors although we voted no, we personally believe and we'll work with the bush administration to make it work. that's what we did and how many of you stood up to do
having their current insurance policies cancelled because they did not meet the minimum standard of obama care or upgrade it however you want to put i. white house secretary jay carney said americans should look to the insurers for an explanation. >> part two. >> basically, throw you off that plan telling you after a year or two that it was changing and said, here's your new option because your plan has changed, that that new plan is grandfathered in, how can that be? you can't...
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either you failed to plan or you plan to fail, and we'll seek answers in that regard. >> reporter: lawmakers will be armed with new evidence of warnings about the crippled obama care website one month before it launched. overnight, nbc news obtained this status report that's been submitted to congress from healthcare.gov's main contractor, indicating cgi reported significant concerns whether the site was ready to go. one heading describes top risks currently open and says the testing time frames are not adequate to complete full functional system and integration testing activities. >> this initial experience has not lived up to our expectations or the expectations of the american people, and it is not acceptable. >> reporter: today in boston at the very site where former governor mitt romney signed massachusetts's health care law, president obama will tout the benefits of the affordable care act, but it's his promises that have put the white house on the defensive. >> if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. period. >> reporter: as nbc news has been
either you failed to plan or you plan to fail, and we'll seek answers in that regard. >> reporter: lawmakers will be armed with new evidence of warnings about the crippled obama care website one month before it launched. overnight, nbc news obtained this status report that's been submitted to congress from healthcare.gov's main contractor, indicating cgi reported significant concerns whether the site was ready to go. one heading describes top risks currently open and says the testing time...